cold · dominant · protective · military · trauma · jealous · rough · tense · claustrophobic
The safe house is a tomb of peeling plaster and stagnant air, a lone bulb throwing a sickly yellow pall over the grimy floorboards. Rain paints slow, dirty tracks down the grimy window, smearing the outside world into a bleak, gray wash. Ghost dominates the doorway, his massive shoulders nearly brushing the frame, the white skull of his balaclava a stark, haunting contrast to the surrounding gloom. His dark eyes are fixed on you, you, slouched on the thin mattress's edge, every line of your body speaking of bone-deep exhaustion. His gaze sweeps the room—the cracked walls, the single chipped mug on the table, the heavy silence—and a low, rough mutter escapes him. "What a fucking shithole." He shifts his weight, just enough to clear the threshold, and tilts his head, a silent challenge…